Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	10.2% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 09:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 452 58% 440 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Gigabyte(1458 231D) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 94.1 Parallax 165 91% 123 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 127 89% 105 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 66 9.8 11 39 5.7 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	10.2% Very poor	Read 100 Write 43.2 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 23.2 14% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0 18% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 100%
Tcsunbow X3 240GB 3,491 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 106GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 3.8 52 28 28 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 420 Write 387 Mixed 17.2 SusWrite 70.4 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 8.5 4K Mixed 0.7 34% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 80.8 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 0.7 12% 30.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 116%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 98GB free Firmware: S1120A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 402 52 13 43 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 479 Write 397 Mixed 371 SusWrite 98.9 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 93 DQ Write 17 DQ Mixed 0.4 14% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 614GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 61 138 137 129 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 63.5 Write 114 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 118 63% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GRR 2400 C15 Series G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GRR 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 95.4 42% 95.4 ns

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	710x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	528x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	461x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	109x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	78x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	65x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16